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George Fort #Gibbs is the archetypal Forgotten Author. He was a talented and well-respected artist and illustrator, and the author of almost fifty novels. His illustrations were featured in Cosmopolitan and the Saturday Evening Post. He created murals for Penn Station and Girard College in #Philadelphia. He created lovely portraits that were exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and the #Corcoran Gallery. His #books were made into films.
Old blog post:
http://areaderscompanion.blogspot.com/2011/10/black-stone-by-george-gibbs.html?m=1
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areaderscompanion.blogspot.comThe Black Stone, by George Gibbs George Fort Gibbs Source In a typical used book store, well-known authors amount to only tiny islands in a sea of books by less famil...
PS - I also wrote a Wikipedia article about him:
en.wikipedia.orgGeorge Fort Gibbs - Wikipedia
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@april Indeed. And imagine young George being left behind to help look for his mother's body.